Improvement in wagon-brakes



, 8 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. C. FAIRGHILD.

Wagon-Brake. Y

No. 58.797. y Patented Oct 16, 1866.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

H. G. FAIRGHILD.

Wagon-Brake,

Patented Oct. 16, 1866.

Inventor,

Witnesses:

AM PHUTO-L|THO. CO. NM (OSB RNE'S PROCESS.)

3 Sheets- -Sheet 3. H. C. FAIRCHILD.

Wagon-Brake.

No. 58,797. Patented Oct. 16, 1866.

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I]. O. FAIROHILD, OF BROOKLYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BRAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,797, dated October16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. O. FAIROHILD, of Brooklyn, in the county ofSusquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in \Vagon-Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a top view of a wagon-body with my improved brakeattached. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, takenthrough the line 00 at, Fig. 1. Fig. 31s an under-side view of awagon'body with my improved brake attached, the brake being ex panded.Fig. 4 is the same view as Fig. 3, the brake being contracted.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved expanding andcontracting wagon-brake, so constructed and arranged that, when notrequired for use, it may be contracted or drawn in out of the way, andquickly expanded or thrown out when required for use; and it consists ofan improved wagon-brake, formed by combining the spring-catch, slide,straps, lever, hinged brake-bars, rests, and stops with each other andwith the wagonbody, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the wagon-body. B is a guide, attached to the central part of thewagon-body, on its under side, and extending from the rear end of saidwagon-body to a little past its center, as shown in Figs. 3 and at. Thisguide is channeled on the side next the bottom of the wagon-body for thereception of the slide 0. To this slide is attached a metallic loop orstaple, D, which projects through a slot formed in the guide B, as shownin Fig. 2. The rear arm of this loop passes through the hinge whichconnects the brake-bars E before entering the slide 0; but the forwardarm of said loop D is made inclined, so as to act as an inclined planeto raise the spring-catch F and allow the brakebars to pass under it.

G is a strap, one end of which is attached to the inclined arm of theloop D. It is then carried forward and passed up through a hole in theforward end of the wagon-body, in a position where it may be easilyreached by the driver. By pulling upon this strap the slide O and withit the inner ends of the brake-bars E are drawn forward, expanding thebrake and bringing the outer ends of the said brakebars into a positionto be readily applied to the wheels. To the brake-bars E, near theirouter ends, are attached straps H, which pass through holes in the rearpart of the bottom of the wagon-body; thence they are carried forwardand attached to the lever I, the lower end of which is pivoted to theside or frame of the wagon-body, as shown in Fig. 2. By operating thislever I the brakes are drawn back against the wheels.

To the rear arm of the loop D, above the brakebars E, is attached astrap, J, which passes up through a hole in the bottom of the Wagon-bodyat its rear end, and is thence carried forward and secured in such aposition as to be easily reached by the driver. By pulling upon thisstrap the inner ends of the brakebars E are drawn back, contracting thebrake beneath the body A of the wagon into the position shown in Fig.4..

K are rests which support the brake-bars E in their position beneath thewagon'body A, and at the same time act as guides and stops to thebrake-bars E in their outward and in ward movements.

L are blocks or stops attached to the bottom of the wagoirbody A, asshown in Figs. 3and 4, to prevent the brake-bars E from being drawn backtoo far by the strap J.

The forward end of the spring-catch F is attached to the bottom of thewagon-body A near its forward end, and the rear end or catch rests uponthe guide B, as shown in Fig. 4..

When the brake-bars E are expanded by the action of the strap G theinclined arm of the loop D raises the said catch F and allows the endsof the brake-bars E to pass beneath it, where they are held while thebrake is being applied to the wheels. When the brake is drawn in by thestrap J the first effect of pulling the strap is to raise the catch F,allowing the ends of the brake-bars E to pass out from beneath it.

Having thus described my invention; I wagon-body A, theparts beingconstructed and claim as new and desire to secure by Letters arrangedsubstantially as herein described, Patent and for the purpose set forth.

An improved Wagon-brake, formed by comhining the spring'cateh F, slide0, straps G, Witnesses: J, and H, lever I, hinged brake-bars E, rests K,and stops L with each other and with the I H. O. FAIRGHTLD.

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